Workshop | SEA & SKY: Abstracting the Coastline

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SEA & SKY: Abstracting the Coastline

Loosen up and let the ocean take over! In this expressive 5-hour acrylic workshop, we’ll dive into the beauty of clouds and sea—not as perfect replicas, but as emotional, abstracted impressions of a clear, sunlit day by the water.

Guided by the shapes, colors, and rhythms of coastal skies and ocean waves, you’ll explore how to simplify forms, push color, and use bold brushwork to capture the feeling of the shoreline. Think soft clouds as swirls of white and blush across ultramarine skies, or shimmering seas reduced to layered blues, expressive strokes, and reflective marks.

We’ll explore composition, color harmony, texture, and layering—giving you the tools to interpret your own vision of sky and sea in a way that’s personal and powerful.

Perfect for painters who want to break from realism and explore a freer, more intuitive approach to seascape.

🎨 Some painting experience recommended
🖌️ All supplies included
🌸 Bring a smock—and get ready to paint like the garden’s on fire.

🥪 Bring a lunch! We'll take a short midday break to relax and recharge.

Instructor Information:

Renée Rey, an award-winning artist born in Sagamihara, Japan, lives and works in Delray Beach, Florida.

Rey’s artwork has been recognized in national awards and exhibitions by notable museum and gallery professionals including Jade Dellinger, Director of Exhibits & Collections, Bob Rauschenberg Gallery, Fort Myers, FL; Julie Sasse, Chief Curator, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson AZ; Erin Wright, Commissioning Editor and Producer, Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA; and Gisela Carbonell, Curator, Cornell Fine Arts Museum, .

Honored with the 2024 Dina Baker Fund Grant from the Cultural Council for Palm Beach County, Rey's work has graced galleries across the globe. Recent solo shows include Bailey Contemporary Arts Gallery, Pompano Beach, FL, Tauni De Lessep Gallery at Palm Beach Atlantic University, West Palm Beach, FL, and the Hammond Hall Gallery, Jacksonville State University, Jacksonville, AL. Her group exhibitions span the Baker Museum, Naples, FL, Flatiron Gallery, New York, NY, Studio 33, Spain, Art Brut Biennale, Netherlands, and Project Space Brut, South Korea.

Rey was awarded artist residencies at Bailey Contemporary Arts (2023-2024), School of Visual Arts in New York (2019), and Sun Peaks Center for Art and Sustainability (2016). Her art is in the collections of Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., New York, NY, First Albany, New York, NY, and Wasmer Art Collection at Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, FL.

She served as the International Curator for the 2021 art exhibition "Lo Cierto Es Lo Incierto" held in Soriano, Uruguay.

A dynamic lecturer, Rey has inspired students at Florida Gulf Coast University, New College, and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. With nearly a decade of teaching drawing, painting, and creativity in Florida, Rey brings a wealth of experience and education to her work. Her background includes extensive undergraduate coursework in drawing, painting, 3-D design, performance art, and art history and graduate courses in film and computer art. She holds an MBA in Management from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, an A.A.S. in Interior Design from Parsons School of Design, an M.A. in Jewish Education from the Jewish Theological Seminary, and a B.A. in Judaic Studies from the University at Albany. This diverse educational foundation infuses her artistic practice with exceptional depth and perspective.

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